If he has a solid season, no one will care what he did as a junior and he is quite capable of doing just that. You'd be surprised how many great NFL QB's had poor junior years only to rebound substantially as a senior and go on to have fine pro careers.

Why is this kid overrated? I just don't get why people hate on him so much.

I need to do so more in-depth tape study on him, but what I've seen so far, I love. He is the complete package as a quarterback. Nobody in this class has the arm talent this kid has. Landry is a great prospect, much better than Barkley in my opinion, who is truly overrated.

Landry isn't a statue in the pocket by any means. Is he "mobile"? Not exactly, but he can escape pressure and has shown the ability to step up in the pocket and sidestep pressure. That's something Barkley has struggled with, who takes too many false steps and doesn't throw with conviction.

Is Oklahoma's system slightly scary? Yes. But the Oklahoma system isn't Houston. They have a lot of creative underneath screens but when they aren't doing that, it's a lot of vertical spread, kind of similar to what Matt Ryan was running at Boston College (whom I compare Landry to).

Landry's footwork is solid overall. Needs some fine tuning, but certainly not terrible. The guy has shown great intermediate and deep accuracy, though his deep ball does get a little off at times, he never massively misses like I've seen from Barkley countless times.

Again, yes, it's only Ball State. But look at the stick throws that he makes just simply all over the field. He tore the Cardinals up due to his great arm and poise (and because Oklahoma is a lot better).

It just doesn't seem that people have a real reason to doubt this guy. His interceptions are Matt Ryan type of interceptions, just trying to do too much at times. That's not necessarily terrible. I'm more worried about a prospect who is throwing picks due to a lack of arm strength or accuracy. That's not why Landry has thrown picks. The guy is a gunslinger, which you need to be in the NFL. He has confidence in his arm and isn't afraid to use it.

He's really not that accurate on throws outside of 5-yards. And IMO he gets flustered to easily. Right now I wouldn't touch him in the first 2 rounds.

So you had Ryan Tannehill as a top 20 prospect, who's accuracy was incredibly erratic, but don't think Landry Jones even belongs in the first two rounds?

I don't get how people say the guy is inaccurate down field yet praise Matt Barkley. Barkley constantly misses wide receivers deep. And it's not by a little, his passes are all over the place. Landry makes great stick throws constantly though.

But for having such a HUGE arm, OU doesnt seem to let him throw the ball down the field.

Bubble, bubble, dig screen, slant, bubble, bubble, slant, dig screen.

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I wouldn't be sir prized if he passed McCoy on the depth chart. I think he might have a better arm and accurate arm then him from the highlights I thought. He also got some wheels too help us prepare for QB's as Wilson , RG3 and other runners etc.

I get the feeling I'll like him more than I "should" when I actually do watch him. The contrarian in me says he's probably being slept on right now. I liked him early on his career, but stopped watching because my team has its own struggling young QB to eat up time.

But for having such a HUGE arm, OU doesnt seem to let him throw the ball down the field.

Bubble, bubble, dig screen, slant, bubble, bubble, slant, dig screen.

You do realize it's the same exact offense Sam Bradford played in, correct?

Teams don't change their schemes for players. Sorry, doesn't happen. They still do throw down field. They use the short game to set-up the deep game. They use it to the same effect other teams use their running games.

You do realize it's the same exact offense Sam Bradford played in, correct?

Teams don't change their schemes for players. Sorry, doesn't happen. They still do throw down field. They use the short game to set-up the deep game. They use it to the same effect other teams use their running games.

How good has Bradford been with STL?

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